The Galileo Seven story
Spock and a scientific party are sent to study the Murasaki 312 quasar aboard the shuttle Galileo. During the survey, the Galileo is forced to make an emergency landing on the planet Taurus II, where the crew fight the planet's dangerous inhabitants. As the crew begin to make repairs, Scotty determines that the shuttle does not have enough fuel to reach orbit carrying all seven passengers, and Spock must contemplate leaving some of his fellow crew behind.
22 total · 3 choice · 9 major · 10 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| leadership | choice | Spock :: Spock |
| loyalty to a leader | choice | Scotty, McCoy, Latimer, Gaetano, Boma, Mears :: landing party to Spock |
| the qualities of a good leader | choice | Spock :: Spock's logic vs. human nature and Kirk a bit |
| clash of wills | major | Kirk/Ferris, Spock/Boma :: Kirk/Ferris and Spock/Latimer |
| desperation | major | Spock :: Spock with setting the fuel alight! |
| duty vs. friendship | major | Kirk :: Kirk must decide between delivering the medicine and finding Spock |
| inaction vs. futile action | major | Kirk :: Captain Kirk and Commissioner Ferris debated whether to keep up the search for the Galileo shuttlecraft, even though it was almost certainly hopeless. |
| logic vs. gut feeling | major | Spock's cold and calculating approach to getting off the planet was questioned by the landing party. |
| personal conviction | major | Spock :: Spock in logic |
| the calculus of human life | major | Kirk :: Kirk must decide between continuing search for Spock and delivering plague stopping medicine; Spock faces decision of who stays on the planet |